Two Door Cinema Club

I've recently been listening to an Irish band called Two Door Cinema Club. They've been one of my favorites for a little less than a year now and I still love just about every song of theirs. People have said that they sound a lot like the band Phoenix, but I really think of Two Door as having more of a dance and sometimes faster paced sound than Phoenix. As a guitar player for 6 years, I can say that the guitar parts they use aren't your average 'Walk Don't Run' or anything like that by any means. They are, at times, pretty challenging and their extensive use of short guitar licks throughout almost every song is a relatively original thing. But there hasn't been a single time where I didn't have a blast playing their music. The singer has an amazing voice that is a little on the higher pitched side of the spectrum and he has become easily one of my favorite singers. Now I mainly play drums, so I'll be the first to say that the drum beats they use in their songs are often almost identical. But in my opinion, it never gets old and really does add a lot to the overall sound of each song. The beat is actually one of the most fun ones to play that I know of. If you were to just check out a couple Two Door songs, I would say listen to the most famous one: "What You Know" first and then maybe "Cigarettes in the Theater." Some other really great ones worth listening to are "Come Back Home," "Something Good Can Work," "I Can Talk," and off of their unreleased album, the song "Sleep Alone."

Buddy Holly's influence on the music world

In my opinion Buddy Holly was one of the best and most influential early rock musicians. His sound was pretty hard to replicate and I read that they were considered the music industry's first self-contained band. They also wrote a lot of their own songs which to me, gets a lot of respect points. A huge contribution he made was his large influence on the "British Invasion" in music, which included The Beatles. He also was supposedly the first professional artist to choose a Fender Stratocaster as his first choice in guitars. Buddy Holly also was the first rock and roll star to wear glasses on stage, which persuaded John Lennon to keep his glasses on while performing. I really do enjoy every aspect of his music. The lyrics are still remembered today and his voice is pretty amazing. The guitar playing is really great and fun to listen to even when compared to modern musicians. The overall sound coming from Buddy Holly and the Crickets is revolutionary and timeless.